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Unable to download Vimeo private / password protected videos #13189

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opened 2026-02-21 07:10:02 -05:00 by deekerman · 5 comments

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Originally created by @eyduh on GitHub (Mar 24, 2018).

Posted here and got a short unconstructive response:

https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/7169

I can log in to the private video in my browser (using the same login info I copy pasted into yt-dl) and stream the video but I am not able to download the video using yt-dl so the answer "wrong login info" does not apply. @dstftw

Previous post below:

I'm encountering this issue again, verbose output below:

`PS C:\Users\Xyz\Videos> youtube-dl https://vimeo.com/xxxxxxxx --video-password xxx -u 'PRIVATE' --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://vimeo.com/xxxxxxxx', u'--video-password', u'PRIVATE', u'-u', u'PRIVATE', u'--verbose']
Type account password and press [Return]:
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.03.03
[debug] Python version 2.7.14 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.16299
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4.1, ffprobe 3.4.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vimeo] Logging in
ERROR: Wrong login info: HTTP Error 418: I'm a teapot (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 519, in _request_webpage
return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2199, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 435, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 473, in error
return self._call_chain(*args)
File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 556, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)

`or

PS C:\Users\Xyz\Videos> youtube-dl https://vimeo.com/xxxxxxxx -p I5O2013 -u PRIVATE --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://vimeo.com/xxxxxxxx', u'-p', u'PRIVATE', u'-u', u'PRIVATE', u'--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.03.03
[debug] Python version 2.7.14 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.16299
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4.1, ffprobe 3.4.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vimeo] Logging in
ERROR: Wrong login info: HTTP Error 418: I'm a teapot (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 519, in _request_webpage
return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2199, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 435, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 473, in error
return self._call_chain(*args)
File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 556, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)

or without -u at all:

`PS C:\Users\Xyz\Videos> youtube-dl https://vimeo.com/xxxxxxxx -p xxxxxxx --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://vimeo.com/xxxxxxxx', u'-p', u'PRIVATE', u'--verbose']
Usage: youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]

youtube-dl: error: account username missing`

Tried updating to no avail.

Cheers

Originally created by @eyduh on GitHub (Mar 24, 2018). Posted here and got a short unconstructive response: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/7169 I can log in to the private video in my browser (using the same login info I copy pasted into yt-dl) and stream the video but I am not able to download the video using yt-dl so the answer "wrong login info" does not apply. @dstftw Previous post below: I'm encountering this issue again, verbose output below: `PS C:\Users\Xyz\Videos> youtube-dl https://vimeo.com/xxxxxxxx --video-password xxx -u 'PRIVATE' --verbose [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'https://vimeo.com/xxxxxxxx', u'--video-password', u'PRIVATE', u'-u', u'PRIVATE', u'--verbose'] Type account password and press [Return]: [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2018.03.03 [debug] Python version 2.7.14 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.16299 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4.1, ffprobe 3.4.1 [debug] Proxy map: {} [vimeo] Logging in ERROR: Wrong login info: HTTP Error 418: I'm a teapot (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 519, in _request_webpage return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request) File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2199, in urlopen return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout) File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 435, in open response = meth(req, response) File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response 'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs) File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 473, in error return self._call_chain(*args) File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain result = func(*args) File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 556, in http_error_default raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp) `or PS C:\Users\Xyz\Videos> youtube-dl https://vimeo.com/xxxxxxxx -p I5O2013 -u PRIVATE --verbose [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'https://vimeo.com/xxxxxxxx', u'-p', u'PRIVATE', u'-u', u'PRIVATE', u'--verbose'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2018.03.03 [debug] Python version 2.7.14 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.16299 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4.1, ffprobe 3.4.1 [debug] Proxy map: {} [vimeo] Logging in ERROR: Wrong login info: HTTP Error 418: I'm a teapot (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 519, in _request_webpage return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request) File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2199, in urlopen return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout) File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 435, in open response = meth(req, response) File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response 'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs) File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 473, in error return self._call_chain(*args) File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain result = func(*args) File "c:\python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 556, in http_error_default raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp) or without -u at all: `PS C:\Users\Xyz\Videos> youtube-dl https://vimeo.com/xxxxxxxx -p xxxxxxx --verbose [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'https://vimeo.com/xxxxxxxx', u'-p', u'PRIVATE', u'--verbose'] Usage: youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...] youtube-dl: error: account username missing` Tried updating to no avail. Cheers

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2026-02-21 07:10:07 -05:00

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@dstftw commented on GitHub (Mar 24, 2018):

Once again: login or/and password you provide to youtube-dl is not correct.

@dstftw commented on GitHub (Mar 24, 2018): Once again: login or/and password you provide to youtube-dl **is not correct**.

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 07:10:07 -05:00

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@eyduh commented on GitHub (Mar 24, 2018):

I believe the wrong login info message stems from that there is no user login to provide when accessing a password protected film, you just provide the password in a prompt.

youtube-dl: error: account username missing`

I then tried with "PRIVATE" as the -u since the previous issue had that as -u in their verbose output and received the wrong login info message.

I'm using the latest version installed through pip

@eyduh commented on GitHub (Mar 24, 2018): I believe the wrong login info message stems from that there is no user login to provide when accessing a password protected film, you just provide the password in a prompt. `PS C:\Users\Xyz\Videos> youtube-dl https://vimeo.com/xxxxxxxx -p xxxxxxx --verbose [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'https://vimeo.com/xxxxxxxx', u'-p', u'PRIVATE', u'--verbose'] Usage: youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...] youtube-dl: error: account username missing` I then tried with "PRIVATE" as the -u since the previous issue had that as -u in their verbose output and received the wrong login info message. I'm using the latest version installed through pip

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 07:10:07 -05:00

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@dstftw commented on GitHub (Mar 24, 2018):

Ugh. If you download password protected video provide --video-password not account credentials.

@dstftw commented on GitHub (Mar 24, 2018): Ugh. If you download password protected video provide **`--video-password`** not account credentials.

deekerman commented

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@eyduh commented on GitHub (Mar 24, 2018):

Thank you for your constructive answer!

@eyduh commented on GitHub (Mar 24, 2018): Thank you for your constructive answer!

deekerman commented

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@1RedOne commented on GitHub (Oct 11, 2019):

When the Vimeo Domain is detected, it would be useful to display this in the error text if someone tries to use -password

For Vimeo, use the --video-password parameter instead

Like it? I'll PR it.

@1RedOne commented on GitHub (Oct 11, 2019): When the Vimeo Domain is detected, it would be useful to display this in the error text if someone tries to use -password For Vimeo, use the --video-password parameter instead Like it? I'll PR it.

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